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• 立法者同意延長 45 天，但共和黨與民主黨的批評者敦促改革監視計畫 • 美國國會通過了一項法律的 45 天延期，該法律賦予美國情報機構無須搜索令的監視權力。 • 國會共和黨派系對《外國情報監視法》（Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act）第 702 條的激烈內鬥，多次破壞了保守派領導人長期延長這項具爭議性監視法律的計劃。

投票當天正值 US supreme court 撤銷 Voting Rights Act 的一項關鍵條款。Florida 議會批准了一份新的 congressional map，旨在最大限度地擴大 Republicans 在該州的優勢，這是 Donald Trump 在今年 midterms 之前發起的全國 redistricting 爭奪戰的一部分。此次投票發生在州長 Ron DeSantis 公布其提案兩天後，且與 US supreme court 撤銷 Voting Rights Act 關鍵條款在同一天。這項決定可能會讓 Democrats 更難挑戰 Republicans 試圖以限制有色人種選民影響力的方式重新劃分 congressional districts 的舉動。Continue reading...

Susan Hutson 被控 malfeasance 與其他罪行，導致 2025 年 Louisiana 監獄發生大規模逃獄。 New Orleans 警長於週三遭到了包含 30 counts 的大規模 indictment，指控其於辦公室因約一年前的一場大規模逃獄而接受外部調查期間，涉嫌 malfeasance 與 payroll fraud。這份針對職責包括經營 New Orleans 監獄的警長 Susan Hutson 的 indictment，是由 Louisiana 州 attorney general Liz Murrill 提出的。此起訴發生在 Hutson 預定卸任的前幾天，為她始於 2022 年並承諾進行全面改革的任職期間，畫下了突然且尖銳的句點。 Continue reading...

A tidal wave of conspiracy theories hit social media as soon as news broke that shots were fired at the Washington Hilton hotel during the White House Correspondents' dinner Saturday. That was to be expected, but some say the dynamics are shifting, with theories coming from liberals and progressives as well as right-wing accounts that are critical of U.S. President Donald Trump.

One by one, the pins have been knocked out from under B.C. businessman Fred Sharp: He's been fined tens of millions of dollars for his role in stock-market schemes, he's banned from equity markets in Canada, his bank accounts were frozen. But he still has his freedom, and it's not clear why.

• The Alabama Department of Corrections terminated its $1 billion health care contract with Tennessee-based YesCare for failure to adequately fulfill contractual duties. • The contract, awarded in 2023 as a 5-year agreement, was dissolved due to the company's inability to meet performance standards for prison health services. • The termination raises questions about oversight of private contractors providing essential health care services within the correctional system.